Improvement in weather-strips



L. H. ELLSWORTH, W. E.' WILCOX 8L S,.SEABUR1Y.

Improvement 1n WeaherStrips. No 114.118. Patented/11111125.1371.

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LUOIUS Il. ELLSWORTH, WILLIAMYE. WILOOX, AND SAMUEL SEABURY,

' OFv PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 114,118, dated April 25, 18,71.V

IMPRDVEMENT lN WEATHER-STRIPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LUorUs H. ELLswoa'rH, WIL- LIAM E. WILCOX, and SAMUEL SEABUBY, of the city of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Weather- Strip; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing makingapart of this specification, in which like letters of referenc refer to like parts, and in which- Figure l represents a perspective View Figure 2, a side elevation;

Figure 3, an end view; and

. Figure 4, a plan view.

Like letters in the different figures of the drawing indicate like parts.

This device relates to the operation of a strip of rubber or cloth as a weather-excluder, which is pressed downward against the threshold by means of a rod 'operating'on a lever, the rod projecting from the side of door next to the jamb, the rod being operated by being brought by the door 4against the jamb.

A is the door B, jainb; and

C, a strip of wood or other material, a cross-section of which appears in tig. 3, running the whole length of a groove, 1, plowed in the under edge of the door for its whole length, (a deeper mortise, P, being made at the middle of the groove to contain the elbowjoint D and C.) p

The strip C tits this groove closely; and to that side of strip facing the inside of the door the strip or cloth l is nailed and secured by a strip of strong inaterial, m.

The opposite side of strip runs beneath the edge of the strip C, thus covering the entrance of the groove r r, and is nailed along the outer under edge ofthe doo`r at n. i

D is an elbow-joint attached to a pin or pivot, b, running across the recess above the strip O, the shorter arm d of which carries'a swivel-unt, a, through which the screw-thread of the inner end of rod h passes.

The longerarni of the elbow-joint carries a link or links, d cl d d, passing downward by the side of rod h, and pivoted to the center part of the strip G.

The rod It has a head, h', which projects beyond that part ot' the door which shuts against the rabbet of thejamb, and extends thence along .the groove r 1', passing also through the stop e (fastened to the door) into and through the axis of the swivel-nut a iu the elbow-joint d; this part of the rod having a screwthread thereon.

A spiral spring, f, or its equivalent, is placed.- alround the rod just within the groove 1, which abnts against a washer, s,audthe stop e in the door, and at the other end said spring presses against the collar g affixed tothe neck of rod immediately within side of the plate i. The plates t' and k at either ends of the groove o r are merely to close the ends of the groove, 'as the wood-work at those points would be liable to be broken. o

The operation of this device is as follows 1 The door, when nearly closed, carries the head h ofthe rod h against the rabbet of the jamb B, causing the rod to press against its retained swivel-nut a in the arm d of the elbow-joint D. This depresscs the other arm ofthe elbow, which is united to the link or links d d, and the latterialso at their lower ends to head of the rod being released from the ja1nb,the v spring f brings the weather-strip back into the groove r again.

When the weather-strip is not required for use itcan be thrown ont of gear by simply screwing the ro h further into the swivel-nut a, so that the head h 0i rod does not strike the jamb, a recess, t, being. left for this purpose in the rabbet of the jarnb.

IVe do not claim a self-adjustablev weather-strip, as

we are aware of the samel being shown in the patent of A. T. Pelton, December 16, 1845 but.

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of elbow Dr links d d d (l, rod h provided with head It', strip C provided with rubber l, spiral spring f, plate e, and recess t made in the rabbet of jaiub, but not extending. out to the edge thereof, substantially in the mannerl and for the purpose as herein shown and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing weather-v strip we have hereunto set our hands this lst day of November, 1870.

LUGIUS H. ELLSWOR'IH. WILLIAM E. IVILCOX.

Witnesses SAMUEL SEABURY.

E. THURLOW, l H. W. WELLS. 

